Initial attachment for jewelry.



PATENTED SEPT. a, 1903 1 1 Wave I I I I I N. EoIT A'NaIs. RUBY.

INITIAL ATTACHMENT FOR JEWELRY. APPLIOATIOR'IILEDIKAMB. so, 1903.

K0 MODEL.

UNI ED STATE s IIEatented September 8, 1903 PATE T OFFICE.

INITIAL ATTACHMENT FOR JEWELRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,700, dated September 8, 1903. Application filed'Maroh 0, 1903. Serial No. 150,133. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NATAN ROITMAN and SOLOMON RUBY, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Initial Attachments for Jewelry, of which the following is a full, clear,

hereinafter fully'described,and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I .is aperspective view of a fingerring bearing an initial as provided for in our invention. Fig. II is a section taken on line;

II II, Fig. I. Fig. IIIis a'transverse section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is a view looking at the under side of the article of jewelry bearing the initial in the direction indicated by the arrow positioned beneath Fig. II. Fig. V is a perspective view of the washer by which the initial-post is held. Fig. VI is a section taken on line VI VI, Fig. II, through the post of the initial. Figs. VII and VIII are views illustrating modifications.

. Our initialattachment is suitable for application to jewelry of various kinds-such as finger-rings, watch cases, and locketsbut it is deemed sufficient to illustrate it in connection with a finger-ring.

A designates a finger ring of any ordinary form, such as initials are usuallyapplied to. The ring is provided with a non-circular aperture 1, preferably of oval shape.

2 designates an initial, which is provided with a post 3 of a shape in cross-section corresponding, tofor approximating that of the aperture 1 in the ring. At the termination of' provided with an oval-shaped aperture 9, the central portion of which is enlarged and .bev-

eledat the sides, as seen at 10, Fig. V, to fit around the tongues 7, about which the washer is adapted for rotation.

11 represents notches in the edge of the washer 6, into which the points of a spanner or other implement may be introduced for the purpose of rotating said washer.

In the preparation of the ring to receive an initial the washer 6 is secured in the recessed under side of the ring by upsetting the tongues 7 toward the washer within the aperture 9 of the washer. When this has been done, the washer may be rotated,and in itsmovement the tongues 7 serve as the axis of rotation. WVhen the initial 2 is to be secured to the ring,

the washer is turned into-a position where the greatest length of the aperture 9 will register with the aperture 1 in the ring A, through which the initial-post is passed. The head 4 of the post is therefore permitted to pass through the washer and the washer is then rotated in either direction, so that the lips 5 of the post-head will bear against the beveled faces of the washer at the sides of the aperture therein, which are less widely separated than the ends of the aperture. Escape of the post-head is thereby prevented and the initial held to the article of jewelry.

In Fig. VII we have shown a modification in which studs 5? are carried by the post 3 instead of forming the lips 5 thereon, these studs being adapted to engage the washer in like manner to said lips;

In Fig. VIII we have shown a modification .in which the washer 6 is provided with a square aperture 9 instead of an oval-shaped aperture. A washer with such shaped aperture may be utilized to the same intent as that containing the aperture of the shape before described and without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination with an articleofjew elry provided with an aperture, of an initial elry provided with an aperture, of an initial 7 having a post extending through said aperture, an oval-shaped head carried by said post,

and a rotatable Washer provided With a noncircular aperture and adapted to be engaged 5 by the ends of said oval-shaped head, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with an article of jewelry provided with an aperture, of an initial having a post extending through said aper- 1 o ture, an oval-shaped head carried by said post, a rotatable washer seated in said article and provided with an oval-shaped aperture, said washer being adapted to be rotated to cause the body thereof at the sides of said ovalshaped aperture to pass beneath the ends of I 5 said oval-shaped head, substantially as set forth.

NATAN ROITMAN. SOLOMON RUBY. In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M.'P. SMITH. 

